[f-nsp] Where have all the MLX/XMR users gone to?

[George B]

That's what I get for not keeping up with that product line.

I think price difference might also vary according to what kind of
discounts people's vendors can get them.  Looking around I don't see that
much of a price difference between the two units though the SLX is lower
priced. About the only real technical advantage I see with the Aristas are
that they have generally been rather free of bugs and the mLAG seems to be
a little better suited to our environment than the MCT of the Brocade
line.  That said, I wouldn't turn down a chance to try out one of those SLX
units.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:57 PM Aaron <aaron at wholesaleinternet.net> wrote:

> The SLX9640 is a 1U box with 24x 10G ports and 12x 100G ports (4
> licensed on the base config) with 4 million routes for less than a third
> of the price.
>
> I'd love to try Arista but that's what I'm dealing with.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On 3/12/2019 5:46 PM, George B wrote:
> > Rack space is the premium with me. A 7280R2K-48C6 gives me 48x10G plus
> > 6x40/100G ports in 1U with 2 million routes vs 7U for an MLX-8.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 11:49 Aaron <aaron at wholesaleinternet.net
> > <mailto:aaron at wholesaleinternet.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I just got quotes for an Arista 7280R (48x 10Gbit and 6x 100Gbit)
> >     and an
> >     SLX9640.  Adding a port license to the 9640 to go to 8x 100G ports
> >     the
> >     Arista quote for just the base box (no service, optics, etc.) was
> >     251%
> >     higher.
> >
> >     Maybe I have the wrong sales rep at Arista and the right one at
> >     Extreme?
> >
> >     Aaron
> >
> >
> >     On 3/12/2019 1:39 PM, Richard Laager wrote:
> >     > On 3/12/19 1:19 PM, Aaron wrote:
> >     >> We replaced our Extreme gear with Brocade several years ago. We're
> >     >> getting ready to swap out some MLXes' with SLXs'. We've looked at
> >     >> Arista hard but just can't seem to justify the 3x price premium.
> >     > Unless Extreme has massively dropped the price or Arista has
> >     massively
> >     > increased their prices, there's no reason that equivalent Arista
> >     gear
> >     > should be 3x the price of an SLX, and that doesn't match up with my
> >     > experience.
> >     >
> >     > I ended up with the Arista 7280SR (48-ports of 10G, 6 ports of
> >     > short-range 100G in a 1RU fixed configuration) and it's been
> >     working well.
> >     >
> >
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